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Tuesday, July 6

Can you also recommend a source, or more, when I want to learn a bit more about FS...to differentiate jumps, footwork, spins,, transitions, edgesand to know how good a program actually is?

Reading the rules and communications on the ISU website (http://www.isu.org) and then comparing the performances on YouTube to the protocols you can find from each event is helpful. For example, the protocols from the 2010 World Championships can be found here (where it says Judges Scores, for each portion of the events): http://www.isuresults.com/results/wc2010/index.htm

I learned by watching skating when I was young and listening to the commentators call out the jumps and spins and all of the other elements. This was before the internet was huge and there weren't so many resources online back then. When it came to transition into the IJS, I really just read up on everything to understand it better.